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The class usually takes place on Mondays, from 89.3000-10.30, on Zoom. Please pay attention to the schedule as there might be some exceptions. In each session two teams of two students will give a presentation: one based on readings and the other one based on art and design projects. Each presentation is followed by a discussion and/or an in-class assignment. Each student has to write a final essay based on a topic chosen by the student in relation to a class assignment and his/her practical work in the seminar Soft Architecture.
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The reading-based presentation should include answers to these questions: who are the authors? where do they work? what concepts do they propose? what year was the document published? what was the context at the time of publication? what are other contemporary theorists and practitioners perspectives on the authors proposal? what influence did the proposal have? what was your research process to go over your findings? how can you apply the proposed ideas in your design work or others' design work? how can you challenge the ideas presented? - The presentation should be 20 15 minutes max.
The project-based presentation should include at least 5 projects illustrating each topic, that are gender-balanced, from various countries of origin. Projects can be taken in design, art, ethnography, science and other disciplines. What 'taxonomy' can you provide to categorize the 5+ projects? How these 5+ projects help get a sense of the field that you're presenting? How do they relate to the topic of the week and the readings of that week? - The presentation should be 10 5 minutesmax.
Final Essay
The essay is a final 1500-words essay with a diversity of sources and bibliography (classified by genre: book, book chapter, journal article, conference article, academic thesis, newspaper article, web article, etc).
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Readings:
a) Burnham, Jack (1969). "Systems and Art". In Arts in Society. 6:2. University of Wisconsin, Summer/Fall 1969. 194-204.
b) Hartmann, Klemmer, Takayama (2006). "How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design". In DIS 2006.
presented by tbcAathmigan, Gian-Carlo
Project Topics:
- Multisensory experiences, Haptics and Space
- Sensing through scales (micro-meso-macro)
presented by tbcCelina, Alec
Class 3 - 12.10.- Material and Environmental Dynamics
Readings:
a) Pickering, Andrew (2013). "Being in an environment: a performative perspective". Natures Sciences Sociétés 21. 77-83.
b) Ingold, Tim. (2008). "Bringing Things to Life. Creative Entanglements in a World of Materials".
presented by tbcAlec, Celina
Project Topics:
- Sourcing materials
- Material-Environment Interactions
presented by tbcDavid, Alessia
Class 4 - 19.10. - Services and Infrastructure
Readings:
a) Starosielski, Nicole (2012). "Warning: Do Not Dig’: Negotiating the Visibility of Critical Infrastructures." Journal of Visual Culture. 11:1. April 2012. 38–57.
b) Klinenberg, Eric (2018). Palaces for the people. Crown: New York, USA. 184-197.
presented by tbcAlessia, Ramona
Project Topics:
- Speculative service design
- Biological services
presented by tbcKimon, Sonia
Class 5 - 26.10. - Anthropocene
Readings:
a) Latour, Bruno (2018). "Das terrestrische Manifest". 21-25 & 35-68.
b) I) Gombiner, Joel (2011). "Carbon Footprinting the Internet“. In Consilience: "The Journal of Sustainable Development“. Vol. 5. 119-124.
II) Guardian Environment Network (2017). "‘Tsunami of data’ could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025“. The Guardian, UK.
III) Cook, Gary (2017). "Clicking clean: Who is winning the race to build a green internet?". Greenpeace: Washington (D.C.), USA.
presented by tbcNemo, Andreas
Project Topics:
- Energy low design
- Anthropocene (art & design)
presented by tbcRamona, Daniela
Class 6 - 2.11. - Wavescapes
Readings:
a) HusokawaHosokawa, Shuhei (1984). "The Walkman Effect". In Popular Music. 4. Performers and Audiences. 165-180.
b) Franinovic, Karmen and Salter, Christopher (2013). "The experience of Sonic Interaction". In Franinovic and Serafin: Sonic Interaction Design. 39-75.
presented by tbcDaniela, Sonia
Project Topics:
- Sound Art/Design
- Device Art
presented by tbcNemo, Kilian
Class 7 - 9.11. - Essay preparation
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Readings:
a) Economist (2017). The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data. The Economist: New York, NY, USA.
b) Barrowman, Nick (2018). Why data is never raw. The New Atlantis, Summer/Fall edition: 129-135.
presented by tbcNicola, Kilian
Project Topics:
- information art (historical & latest)
- creative tracking
presented by tbcNicola, Baran
Class 9 - 23.11. - Artificial Intelligence
Readings:
a) Hassabis, Demis (2019). The Power of Self-Learning Systems. Youtube Video, Institute for Advanced Study, 47:30min.
(extra task: explain the most important concepts/methods/algorithms in AI featured in this video!)
b) Lovelock, James (2019). Novacene: The coming age of hyperintelligence. MIT Press: Cambridge (MA), USA. 79-120
presented by tbcMai, David
Project Topics:
- designing with AI
- AI & environment
presented by tbcMai, Aathmigan
Class 10 - 30.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
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Additional Readings:
a) Cadwalladr, Carole (2019). The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal. The Guardian, UK.
b) Naughton, John (2019). 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism. The Guardian, UK.
presented by tbcBaran, Kimon
Project Topics:
- social media interventions/hacks/hoaxes
- citizen activism and digital platforms
presented by tbcGian-Carlo, Andreas
Class 11 - 7.12. - Essay support
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